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Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:34AM (#22139763)
It's a responsibility that should be abdicated. Would it be better if Google could force people to attend therapy because the company decided they're unwell?
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by pmiller2 on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:23PM (#22141553)
If employment at Google were the direct cause of mental health issues, then, yes, Google should take responsibility. That responsibility should include providing mental health care, not forcing it upon anyone. Don't strawman the issue.
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by untog on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:45AM (#22139888)
It would be better if every employee had a regular check in with a mental health professional. Google don’t need to decide anything. “Forced” makes it sound very authoritarian, but yes, requiring such checkups as a condition of employment would be a good thing.
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:51AM (#22139972)
I respect the consistency of your viewpoint, but mandating that all employees undergo a specific regimen of prophylactic mental health treatment would be incredibly unpopular and probably illegal.
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by thewebcount on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:48PM (#22141226)
How so? I believe that police officers need to do this after particularly bad encounters, for example. (In fact if you search for "police psychological interview" you'll find hundreds of pages and even YouTube videos showing "how to pass your police psychological exam.") So it's definitely not illegal, at least not across the board.
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by SpicyLemonZest on Saturday January 25, 2020 @10:59AM (#22146776)
I admit I had not thought about that. It does go against my case quite a bit.
Re:YouTube moderators forced to sign statement acknowledging... by redisman on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:22PM (#22141539)
Unpopular with who? Also more unpopular than offering no help to the moderators?